Quick Start Guide
From MDSupportWiki
If you are new to hosting please follow the following guide. This guide covers all the steps required to get your website online. This is only a broad 10,000 foot overview - please read our Detailed Getting Started Guide for more information about getting your business online.
- Set up your domain name.
- If you already have one, point it to MD.
- If you don't have one, you need to register it.
- Upload website files to our server using either FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or FrontPage. If you do not have your own web site creation tool, you may be interested in using our online Site builder you can get the details and try the demo here.
- Configure email.
- Set up mailboxes. [cPanel how-to]
- Check the email settings and configure email software. [Email configuration how-to]
- Add e-commerce solutions to your website.
- Learn about shopping carts and credit card processing.
- Secure your e-commerce transactions.
- Promote your website.
- Improve your website.
- Design.
- Programming & scripts.
- Security.
- Marketing/Search Engine Optimisation
